Eskom hopes to keep load-shedding to stage 4 and lower over the next five months. The state-owned power company also anticipates being able to deliver several days per month free of load-shedding once units that have been offline at Kusile restart in the next few weeks.

In a presentation on Wednesday, Eskom management said the immediate outlook indicates that load-shedding can be contained to stage 4 and below if the utility manages to keep breakdowns at no more than 14,500MW...

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